Where does “kalatäi” come from?

kalatäi (Finnish) comes from Finnish täi, from Finnish tahi, from Finnish tahtoa, from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak — to want.

kalatäi (Finnish): A fish lice, carp lice; arthropods of the...

Definitions

  1. A fish lice, carp lice; arthropods of the...

Ancestry of “kalatäi”, step by step

kalatäi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish täi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäilouse; A gold nugget between 2 mm to 4 mm by the...
2Finnishtahior
3Finnishtahtoato want; to tend; Partitive singular form of...
4Proto-Finnictahtoidakto want

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Finnic tahtoidak →Every word from Finnish tahtoa →Every word from Finnish tahi →